Mass killing and ‘cannibalism’ video mar start of PNG’s 50th anniversary year Tribal violence during the New Year highlights increasing lawlessness and lack of police resources.

Philippine court convicts 4 police officers for killings in Duterte drug war Victims’ families see convictions as “partial victory” in holding former president accountable for bloody anti-drug ...

Beijing draws baselines around shoal in Manila’s jurisdiction to fortify claims Its line is around Scarborough Shoal, the South China Sea feature that lies within the Philippines’ exclusive economic ...

Malaysia marks 50 years of ties with China, announces plan to join BRICS Chinese Premier Li Qiang has arrived for a three-day state visit.

Philippine drug-war survivors: Duterte’s ICC arrest marks first step toward justice As the ex-president faces charges for crimes against humanity, families of people killed in Duterte’s anti-drug ...

Papua New Guinea’s opening of an embassy in Israeli-occupied Jerusalem has been condemned by Palestinian officials and by the Pacific island country’s opposition leader, who said it was a reckless ...

Thailand’s new government has appointed the first civilian to lead the country in Malaysia-brokered peace negotiations with separatist rebels in the mainly Malay Muslim Deep South, officials confirmed ...

Annual Balikatan Exercise with US will test new Philippine defense strategy The Comprehensive Archipelagic Defense Concept calls for all military branches to defend territorial waters.

A court in Argentina has ruled that international arrest warrants be issued for Myanmar's self-appointed president and junta chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, and 22 other military officials for ...

Indonesia is going ahead with a project to convert millions of acres in Papua into a gigantic sugarcane plantation so it can become self-sufficient in sugar and its related liquid fuel, bioethanol.

Beijing calls attention to its Micronesia projects with ubiquitous China Aid signs but rejects scrutiny.

On May 12, 1998, Indonesian security forces gunned down four students at Jakarta’s Trisakti University who were protesting the corruption and nepotism of the government of Suharto, who had ruled since ...